Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Tropical hideaway

“The coolest new hotel on the planet,” was the Sunday Times’ verdict on Jalakara. The tropical luxury hotel boasts a magical location: It was built on the site of an old banana and betel nut plantation on Havelock Island, one of the Andaman Islands.

More winter, or maybe spring?

Groundhog Day, the Hollywood comedy starring Bill Murray, put the little town of Punxsutawney on the map. Every February 2, which is Groundhog Day, there’s a celebration there and a furry rodent “predicts” the end of winter.